James Henry HALLADJIAN

1890 - 1933  (42 years)

• Name	James Henry HALLADJIAN
  Birth	15 Aug 1890	Ayntap/Gaziantep, Turkey   [1]
  	I said I'd inform you when I learned the first name of the Halladjian in the landmark court case in 1909. Thanks to my brother, Bob. in Vermont who suggested asking the Boston Public Library for help in identifying the first name, the Library came through after searching its microtext archive of newspapers. The Boston Herald published an article detailing the ruling in the case on December 25, 1909 - the day after it was handed down. The article gave Halladjian's first name as Jacob. It's a 95% certainty that Jacob Halladjian, a bachelor, was my uncle, since he was one of my father's two brothers. The other brother, Mihran Halladjian, was Yera's husband and father of her 3 children, Eddie, Ray and Hermine. Thus, Jacob was also their uncle and great uncle of the latter's children and of my two brothers' children The circumstantial evidence for assigning a 95% probability to the familial relationship is: the fact that Jacob Halladjian (I believe he was the oldest of the 3 brothers) was born in Aintab; he was in the U.S. living perhaps in New Haven, Conn. at some time. It's possible that my father stayed with him when he was doing his Ph.D. work in philosophy at Yale. Also, our two families, mine and Yera's, lived in Naugatuck, Conn in the '20s before moving to Arlington. I have (some where in the house) a photo of Hermine pushing me in a swing there). Jacob died in New Haven in the'early '30s . We had some items of his in our house on Everett St.,two of which I remember very well -a bronze sculpture of two wrestlers and his violin and bow which I used when I was taking violin lessons. Bob's recollection is that Jacob was known as the artiste of the family.
  Gender	Male
  Misc	24 Dec 1909	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  	Court ruling regarding Armenians
  	The federal court in Boston ruled in the case In re Halladjian (174 F. 834) that Armenians were of the White race, and thus eligible to become naturalized citizens. Earlier, Jacob Halladjian and three other people were denied citizenship on grounds that they were "Asiatics". Read NY Times article here.
  Graduation	1911	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [3]
  	Address: Yale University
  Naturalization	4 May 1917	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [4]
  	Address: 852 Chapel Street
  	This was the date that he signed his Declaration of Intention to become a Naturalized American Citizen. It is also recorded that his place of birth was Aintab, Turkey, that his last place of foreign residence was Manchester, England, and that he had emigrated from Liverpool, England to come to the United States.
  Drft	Abt Mar 1918	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [5]
  	Address: 852 Chapel Street
  	He listed his occupation as "artiste." He gave his birthplace as Ayntap, Turkey and his marital status as single.
  Naturalization	28 Sep 1928	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [6]
  	Address: 850 Chapel Street
  	View his naturalization record here!
  Naturalization	28 Sep 1928	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [7]
  Residence	1930	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [8]
  	Artist
  	Address: 974 Chapel Street
  Residence	1931	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [9]
  	Artist
  	Address: 974 Chapel Street
  Residence	1932	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [10]
  	Artist
  	Address: 974 Chapel Street
  	Listed as Halladjian, J. Henry, Artist
  Death	14 Mar 1933	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [1, 11]
  	Strangely the 1933 New Haven City Directory states, "Halladjian, J. Henry died 14 Mar. 1933."
  Burial	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [1, 12]
  	Address: Westville Cemetery
  Notes	James Haroutyun Halladjian-Hovhannesian
  Person ID	I3540	Watkins
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Very Reverend Haratoune HALLADJIAN,   b. 28 Apr 1867, Ayntab, Ottoman Empire d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Lucia MAMIAN
  Family ID	F474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Misc - Court ruling regarding Armenians - 24 Dec 1909 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Graduation - Address: Yale University - 1911 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Naturalization - Address: 852 Chapel Street - 4 May 1917 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Drft - Address: 852 Chapel Street - Abt Mar 1918 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Naturalization - Address: 850 Chapel Street - 28 Sep 1928 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Naturalization - 28 Sep 1928 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Residence - Artist,Address: 974 Chapel Street - 1930 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Residence - Artist,Address: 974 Chapel Street - 1931 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Residence - Artist,Address: 974 Chapel Street - 1932 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Death - 14 Mar 1933 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Burial - Address: Westville Cemetery - - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jacob Halladjian
  		The Family of Haratoune Halladjian Standing left to right: Samuel, Mithran, Yera, Jacob Seated: Haratoune and his wife Absent from the picture was sister, "Mary."
  		Jacob Halladjian

  
  

  Documents

  Intention of Naturalization On this document, Jacob, filed his intention to become a Naturalized Citizen of the United States

  
  

• Sources

  [S331] Find-A-Grave, MEMORIAL ID: 135758677. [S24] Miscellaneous, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_1909. [S24] Miscellaneous, http://www.e-yearbook.com/sp/eybb?school=69&year=1911&startpage=466&hilight=1. [S86] ua, U.S. Dept. of Declaration of Intention form. [S252] WW I Draft Registration, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut No. 6647. [S369] Selected U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791 - 1966, Ancestry.com. Selected U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1966 (Indexed in World Archives Project) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. [S86] ua, U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 , #2859335. [S86] ua, New Haven Connecticut City Directory 1930 page 692. [S86] ua, US City Directories, New Haven, CT, 1931, Page 1290. [S86] ua, New Haven City Directory, 1932, Page 1484, under the heading of Artists. [S86] ua, New Haven City Directory, 1933, Page 389. [S86] ua, Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1629-1934 for Jacob H Halladjian.